The crazy thing is that they are probably right. The military spends a lot of time researching and analyzing threats. If their numbers bear out that Twitter users are more likely to be terrorists than non-Twitter users, this is something that shouldn't be discarded simply because it fails to meet the bullshiat test.

fusillade762:shanrick: I'm old, cranky and I don't use twitter. Get off my lawn.

Same here.

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The left side "Personal Issues" section sounds like a lot of commenters on the Politics Tab.

That's kind of the point. Anyone who takes an interest is obviously out to change the status quo. If you're in charge of the status quo that means you're a threat if you gain any political traction... but I'm sure your government is completely able to be trusted and would never ever do anything nefarious.

GlobalHubris:fusillade762: shanrick: I'm old, cranky and I don't use twitter. Get off my lawn.

Same here.

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The left side "Personal Issues" section sounds like a lot of commenters on the Politics Tab.

That's kind of the point. Anyone who takes an interest is obviously out to change the status quo. If you're in charge of the status quo that means you're a threat if you gain any political traction... but I'm sure your government is completely able to be trusted and would never ever do anything nefarious.

/ever

Uh, it's not just political, the same holds true for most situations involving outliers. Academic, social, etc.

A number of those traits in the "personal issues" column are ones that could be exhibited by a person suffering depression. So, your depressed colleague might be a terrorist?

Also, from the third column,"Verbally indicates hatred for the United States and/or the Constitution." This is a slippery slope that can and will be construed at the drop of a hat anytime someone simply criticizes policy or cultural issues here.

NicoFinn:A number of those traits in the "personal issues" column are ones that could be exhibited by a person suffering depression. So, your depressed colleague might be a terrorist?

Also, from the third column,"Verbally indicates hatred for the United States and/or the Constitution." This is a slippery slope that can and will be construed at the drop of a hat anytime someone simply criticizes policy or cultural issues here.

No me gusta.

From the reading it sounds more like they are talking about DoD employee. Yeah, if you work for the DoD and you say you hate this country, perhaps you shouldn't be working for the DoD.

MindStalker:From the reading it sounds more like they are talking about DoD employee. Yeah, if you work for the DoD and you say you hate this country, perhaps you shouldn't be working for the DoD.

What I was pointing out is that someone may not necessarily hate America or its policies. One can simply criticize it and that can in turn be construed as hate. There is a fine line, and that's my preoccupation.